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California Law Review Spring 2026 Symposium: Surveillance Prices & Wages

Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

California Law Review Spring 2026 Symposium: Surveillance Prices & Wages. Friday, April 24, 2026. 9:00am-4:30pm. UC Berkeley School of Law Warren Room. Reception to follow from 4:30-6:00pm. Please RSVP below by Monday, April 17 for meal headcount purposes. This symposium will bring together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to examine the rise of surveillance-driven pricing and wages—practices that use data to set individualized prices for consumers and adjust pay rates for workers. By exploring questions of fairness, discrimination, competition, privacy, and regulation, the event aims to shape how law and policy respond to one of the most urgent issues in today’s economy.Featuring: Eleanor Blume (CA AG’s Office), Cecilia Cheng (Hausfeld), Colleen Chien (UC Berkeley School of Law), Christopher D'Angelo (NY AG’s Office), David Dayen (The American Prospect), Stevie DeGroff (CO AG’s Office), Veena Dubal (UC Irvine School of Law), Seth Frotman (UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice), Talia Gillis (Columbia Law School), Lee Hepner (American Economic Liberties Project), Keynote Speaker: Sam Levine (NYC Department of Consumer & Worker Protection),  Karen Levy (Cornell University, Sociology), Doha Mekki (UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice), Deirdre Mulligan (UC Berkeley School of Information), Stephanie Nguyen (Columbia Law School), Lindsay Owens (Groundwork Collaborative), David Seligman (Towards Justice), Zephyr Teachout (Fordham Law School), And more! Please RSVP by Friday, April 17 for meal headcount purposes.
This symposium will bring together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to examine the rise of surveillance-driven pricing and wages—practices that use data to set individualized prices for consumers and adjust pay rates for workers. By exploring questions of fairness, discrimination, competition, privacy, and regulation, the event aims to shape how law and policy respond to one of the most urgent issues in today’s economy.
 
Presented by the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, the California Law Review, and the UC Berkeley Center for Law and Work.
 
Featuring:

Eleanor Blume (CA AG’s Office)
Cecilia Cheng (Hausfeld)
Colleen Chien (UC Berkeley School of Law)
Christopher D’Angelo (NY AG’s Office)
David Dayen (The American Prospect)
Stevie DeGroff (CO AG’s Office)
Veena Dubal (UC Irvine School of Law)
Seth Frotman (UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice)
Talia Gillis (Columbia Law School)
Lee Hepner (American Economic Liberties Project)
Keynote Speaker: Sam Levine (NYC Department of Consumer & Worker Protection)
Karen Levy (Cornell University, Sociology)
Doha Mekki (UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice)
Deirdre Mulligan (UC Berkeley School of Information)
Stephanie Nguyen (Columbia Law School)
Lindsay Owens (Groundwork Collaborative)
David Seligman (Towards Justice)
Zephyr Teachout (Fordham Law School)

And more!

Please RSVP by Friday, April 17 for meal headcount purposes.

Details

Date:
Friday, April 24, 2026
Time:
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Website:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKGu95eECsT1QKH_Zq6-lzyfP3o-AWVgPrC8ysBHeyL85vQQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Venue

295 Law Building – Warren Room
2745 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, 94720 United States + Google Map

Organizers

UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice
California Law Review
Center for Law and Work

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